Wayne Fetterman
Comedian, actor, author, and USC adjunct professor who produced the Emmy-winning HBO documentary George Carlin's American Dream and hosts the History of Stand-Up podcast.
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Jun 18, 2026
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funny.
Wayne FedermanGUEST
That's where I really got some, as George Carlin liked to say, approval, affirmation, all of those kind of those A words like, oh, this is attention, approval, affirmation.
Wayne FedermanGUEST
And I always liked, again, I had older brothers and sisters, so I was always kind of vying for attention.
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Wayne FedermanGUEST
George Carlin, again, who was, you know, a beneficiary of Lenny Bruce's expanding s- expansion of language...
Wayne FedermanGUEST
And there was a number of ca- comedians, like, it allowed Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor to speak in their street vernacular without getting arrested.
Wayne FedermanGUEST
You know? (laughs) Just like, uh, "I don't know, this is the way I, I talk on the corner when I'm making people laugh.
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